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Enhancing self-access in english reading comprehension among visually impaired students from public schools in Bogotá.
(2011-10-18)
This article presents the findings of a research study carried out in 2007 and the first semester of 2008 with visually impaired students from public schools in Bogotá. The aim was to assess the design of a self-access ...
Insula and Amygdala Atrophy Are Associated With Functional Impairment in Subjects With Presbycusis
(Frontiers Media, 2020)
Hearing loss is an important risk factor for dementia. However, the mechanisms that relate these disorders are still unknown. As a proxy of this relationship, we studied the structural brain changes associated with functional ...
Cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: Links with oxidative stress and cholesterol metabolism
(2008)
Oxidative stress has been implicated in the progression of a number of neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We carried out an in-depth study ...
Exposure to lead from a storage site associated with intellectual impairment in chilean children living nearby
(Hamilton Hardy Publishing Inc., 2011)
This study assesses the degree of impairment of children's IQ scores due to exposure to lead from a storage site. In 2005, we studied 192 children in Antofagasta, Chile, age 7-16 years who had been exposed to a lead storage ...
Self-reported urinary impairment identifies ‘fast progressors’ in terms of neuronal loss in multiple system atrophy
(Elsevier B.V., 2019)
© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Introduction: MSA is an adult-onset, sporadic, progressive parkinsonian syndrome characterised by the presence of akinesia, cerebellar dysfunction, autonomic failure and pyramidal signs. Annualized-whole-brain ...
Association between temporal resolution and Specific Language Impairment: The role of nonsensory processing
(Elsevier, 2015)
Introduction: Many authors have suggested that a perceptual auditory disorder involving temporal processing is the primary cause of Specific Language Impairment (SLI). The aim of this study was to compare the performance ...
Cognitive impairment in agricultural workers and nearby residents exposed to pesticides in the Coquimbo Region of Chile
(Elsevier, 2017)
Chronic exposure to organophosphate pesticides is a worldwide public health concern associated with several psychiatric disorders and dementia. Most existing studies on the effects of pesticides only evaluate agricultural ...
Grammaticality and complexity of sentences in monolingual Spanish-speaking children with specific language impairment
(2016)
This study examined grammaticality and complexity of sentences in monolingual Spanish-speaking children with specific language impairment (SLI). A group of SLI children (n = 13), mean age 6, was compared to a control group ...
Towards community diagnosis of dementia: Testing cognitive impairment in older persons in Argentina, Chile and Cuba
(1996)
Extensive research into the risk factors associated with dementia, how best to diagnose this syndrome and how to help families care for dementia patients has not been undertaken in Latin American countries, where the family ...
Serum folate, vitamin B-12 and cognitive impairment in Chilean older adults
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2015)
Objective: To analyse the relationship between serum folate (SF), vitamin B12 and
impaired cognitive function in the Chilean elderly.
Design: We analysed the relationships between impaired cognitive function and
age, ...